5 awesome tricks you didn't know the Google Home could do

The Google Home ($99 at Walmart) is a worthy alternative to the Amazon Echo; it can answer questions you'd usually type into Google, set a timer for the kitchen, serve as a centralized smart home controller, and of course, play music. It also works with lots of great smart devices, but that's not the only trick up the Home's sleeve. Did you know you can program it to do nearly anything you can think of? With the help of free services like IFTTT (If This Then That), the smart speaker can perform common tasks like sending messages, posting to social media, or even adding ingredients to a shared shopping list in a cloud service like Google Drive. IFTTT is a free service that lets you automate tasks between Internet-connected devices and cloud or social media accounts. All the recipes are for both Android and iOS unless otherwise specified.